AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 240 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 240

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1081 vs 430
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1044 vs 412
Specifications (specs)
Launch date July 2009 vs October 2007
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1081 vs 430
PassMark - CPU mark 1044 vs 412

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 240
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1081
430
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1044
412
Name AMD Athlon II X2 240 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600
PassMark - Single thread mark 1081 430
PassMark - CPU mark 1044 412
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 338
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 618
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.009
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.093
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.779

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 240 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Windsor
Launch date July 2009 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $35
Place in performance rating 3100 3103
Price now $15.99
Value for money (0-100) 30.24
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 410 million 227 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt